Richard does book reviews! The Nervous Breakdown, Lit Reactor, Bookslut, OWC, The Cult and more.

My review of Wild Life by Kathy Fish is now live at Outsider Writers Collective. Loved this slim volume of touching, bittersweet stories.

http://www.outsiderwriters.org/archives/8128

My review of Karl Taro Greenfeld's NOWTRENDS is now up at TNB. Great stuff, he's known as a non-fiction author, but he writes fiction too, well published, The Paris Review, The Missouri Review, several anthologies of "best of" etc.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/01/review-of-nowtrends-b...

My review of Damascus by Joshua Mohr is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. Shades of Bukowski and Barfly. Check out the review for all of the details. I read with Josh at a recent event in Chicago and he's one hell of a nice guy.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/02/review-of-damascus-by...

I have his one book - Some Things That Meant the World To Me. I bought it when Mirka was raving about it a while back. I haven't read it yet though. Do I need to put it closer to the top of my stack?

well, Pete, this one was a little uneven, but overall a powerful read. check out my review, i think the excerpts and aspects that i liked will tell you a lot about the book. i think you'd dig his work.

My review of Ampersand, Mass by William Walsh is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. Excellent collection of stories.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/02/review-of-ampersand-m...

Wow, I've been bad about updating this. Here's everything that I've reviewed since Ampersand. All great books, but my favorite of these four is Cataclysm Baby.

THREATS by Amelia Gray
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/03/review-of-threats-by-...

Wild by Cheryl Strayed
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/04/review-of-wild-by-che...

Cataclysm Baby by Matt Bell
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/07/review-of-cataclysm-b...

My Only Wife by Jac Jemc
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/08/review-of-my-only-wif...

My review of Paul Tremblay's Swallowing a Donkey's Eye is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. A satirical, near future look at a dystopian world. Loved it.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/09/review-of-swallowing-...

My review of Little Sinners by Karen Brown is now live over at The Nervous Breakdown.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/09/review-of-little-sinn...

A fantastic collection of stories.

My review of Paula Bomer's NINE MONTHS is now live at The Nervous Breakdown.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/09/review-of-nine-months...

Powerful, emotional story. Loved it.

Nik Korpon reviews my collection, Herniated Roots over at his blog: http://wp.me/pprz1-99

And I review his over at my blog. Check them out! http://whatdoesnotkillme.com/2012/10...rscars_korpon/

My review of May We Shed These Human Bodies by Amber Sparks is now live at The Nervous Breakdown

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/10/review-of-may-we-shed...

Powerful collection, surreal and touching.

My review of Amina Gautier's AT-RISK is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. Powerful collection of stories.

http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/10/review-of-at-risk-by-...

Oh, I've been bad about updating this. Recent review include:

Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/12/review-of-battleborn-...

Vampire Conditions by Brian Allen Carr
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2012/12/review-of-vampire-con...

and, The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rthomas/2013/02/review-of-the-next-ti...

ALL of these are excellent.